With no real trail, we hiked for half an hour to get to this unnamed, secret waterfall. It was difficult to find but well worth the effort. Thanks to our Costa Rican friend @mieles21 for this unforgettable experience 😘
Where’s your favorite secret swimming spot?

#ThankfulThursday ❤️🐽🤙🏼 Thank you to our partner, @toucanrescueranch for all the work that they do with The Sloth Insitute! Together with TRR, we formed Saving Sloths Together, a joint effort to rescue hurt sloths and give them a second chance at life after a rehabilitation and release program. Mil gracias Toucan Rescue Ranch!

Wish to Donate? Your donation in any amount contributes to the conservation of the sloth population. Visit tsi.charity.org to support our programs.

I don’t think I would want to laugh like crazy, ask for bread from complete strangers at a bar-then make friends with them, change a flat tire, drive up and down mountains on unpaved roads, get nervously lost looking for our AirBnb in the dark, then jump scream and hug when we saw the dope view which made it all worth it-with anyone else. Thanks for saying yes to my crazy ideas. .
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#tbt Wildlife of Costa Rica. One of the houses we stayed in had huge glass doors separating the living/dining room area from the porch. And we always kept them open because the weather was perfect. There was no A/C in the house and we never used fans. San Ramon is supposed to be one of those places with perfect weather year-round. Also, there were no mosquitoes! And we had less ants enter the house then we have here, in FL. .
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So every now and then a bird would fly into the house. This particular day it was a hummingbird and she was flying from wall to wall, bumping into the windows, trying to find her way out. The dogs were going crazy, trying to catch it, the cat wanted in on the action too and I was starting to panick. The house had very high ceilings so we had to climb on a ladder and use a broom to try to guide the poor bird out. This went on for a while until the poor bird flew into a window and then fell on the floor. We thought she was dead 😭 But she was fine. She rested for a couple of minutes, we brought some water and then was ready to go. But not before hovering around us for a while to say thank you 🙂
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And a Capuchin Monkey at Playa Santa Ana. They were really friendly and would come get snacks right from your hands. One of them had a glass of juice she kept dipping her fingers in 🙂#costarica#hummingbird#costaricawildlife#sanramoncostarica#sanramondealajuela#puravida#explorecostarica#expatsincostarica#playasantaana#puntarenas#capuchinmonkey

If Costa Rica was standing up in front of the class for 'show n tell' I'm fairly bloody certain that it would sky rocket to being the most popular kid in school really really fast! This place, so far, has gone leaps and bounds above our expectations and we are absolutely delighted that we decided to dip our toes into the place!
We can see why parts of the Nicoya Coast have been deemed as blue zones! For those of you who that aren't familiar with what a 'blue zone' may be, get ready to be educated. Put simply for you uneducated folk., it's a very small number of locations in the world where people live the longest and healthiest lives. Now I'm not surprised that people live long healthy lives around here, who the bloody hell would want to leave!! No point kicking the bucket when lifes good!! May as well hang around and soak it up!! We totally get it!

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The circumstances that lead me to this magical place are complex & to this day, quite honestly... an accident. Over a year ago now, I was living what most people would call “the Dream” (or was I?) I spent most of my time pretending to be happy and trying to please everyone around me. I worked really hard, like 24 hours a day sometimes. The only smiles I had to give were the ones I posted online... one day, in January 2018 I had had enough. No more fake people with fake friends and fake lives. No more scripted conversations or empty people in crowded rooms. I had enough. I knew there must be more out there, that there had to be a place that existed somewhere beyond my comfort zone & the walls (my U.S. upbringing) had built around it. I took off. Away from the toxic masculinity and the broken homes with shiny fences. I took off to find my happiness again... TBC 📝

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👉This is the February monthly club pack! Use my code: BRENDABELINGPOWELL20 to receive 20% off all regularly priced items! (Sorry this does not include the monthly club pack!) @puravidabracelets@puravidareps